Everything to Me--A Poem

Writing is a vent for my soul. Lately I haven't been doing enough of it though and I've been feeling the need for it. So I apologize for the lack of activity on this blog.

Tonight I had some unexpected free time. Well, technically I'm working, but there are only a few girls here and they're busy eating junk food in their rooms or working on homework or whatever. But to get the the point, I sat down with my computer thinking I should really write something, but I couldn't think of what to write. Quite a frustrating feeling.

So I decided to share a poem I wrote a while back. I really believe God inspired it. Normally it can take quite a while for me to write something like this. But this was done very quickly, a bit over a day. Glory goes to God.

Let me also just preface it by saying that I used to think that I shouldn't focus as much on messages that talk about our value to God. Well, I guess I just felt like maybe I was focusing on them too much and that I should focus on more "meaty" messages. Messages on identity, value, etc., just seemed to be kind of fluffy. However, lately I've been realizing that this is actually is a very meaty topic. It's an issue that a lot of people struggle with and I believe that the devil is really attacking people on it. And as I look around me, even people who've been Christians all their lives haven't yet begun to find their worth, value, and identity in Christ. It seems like I fail at that every day. But at the same time, I can tell God has been teaching me and showing me that if we can get this down, we can get most anything else.

The poem is written from God's perspective, showing what I imagined some of His thoughts must be as He looks at this world filled with hurting people who don't understand His love for them. I hope you're blessed by it.

Oh, and I may change the title. I'm not sure yet.

Everything To Me

I wish you could see the tears I cried

As I watched you try to end your night

Cause you didn't think you were worth this life

How can I make you see?

I wish you could see My own heart break

As I watch you, crushed under the weight

Of searching for worth, somewhere, someway

How can I make you see?

You're My symphony, My song

My treasured child all along

For you, the universe I risked

Cause I want you more than I want to exist

How can I make you see?

You're worth everything to me.

My splintered cross stands to prove

That there is nothing you could do

To earn the worth I find in you

How can I make you see?

You’re valued in and of yourself

Not for your works, beauty, or wealth

For while you were a sinner, I gave Myself

How can I make you see?

You're My symphony, My song

My treasured child all along

For you, the universe I risked

Cause I want you more than I want to exist

How can I make you see?

You're worth everything to me.

Won't you live in light of this love?

My heart aches for you to live in light of this love

How can I make you see?

You're worth everything to me.